Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
Birth1651, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Death3 Mar 1718, Salem, MA
FatherRev. John Sherman. (1613-1685)
MotherMary Launce. (1620-1709)
Misc. Notes
Clergy and Physician
Descendant of Edward I, King of England.
153 pg 1224
183 pg 792
184 pg 432 James a clergyman and physician, 2nd minister of Sudbury., where he began to preach, 1677, and was deposed from his pastoral office in July 1705. James Sherman and his wife Mary, of Sudbury, now (May 1706) reside at Elizabethtown, New Jersey
185 pg 52
Bond's "Genealogies and Histories of Watertown...."184
Here's what he says:
pg. 432: James appears to be the 5th child of Rev. John Sherman, (3d
minister of Watertown)
5. James, a clergyman and physician, the 2d minister of Sudbury, where he
began to preach, 1677, and was deposed from his pastoral office in July,
1705. James Sherman, and wife Mary, of Sudbury, now (May, 1706) residing
at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, convey, by deed of gift, to sons John and
Thomas, of Wat., 1000 acres, nonesuch meadow, had of Ebenezer Prout,
bounded W. by Natick; E. by Wat. Farms; S. by Dedham; N. by Sud. Dr.
John Sherman, of Sprinfield, m. Abigail Stone, b. Feb. 13, 1680, dr. of
Dea. Daniel and Mary (Ward), Stone, of Sudbury [Ward Fam., p. 17] Sept.
24, 1708, John and Thomas Sherman, Practitioners of Physic, formerly of
Sud. and Wat., now of Springfield, sons of Rev. James Sherman, clerk and
physician, now of Salem, quit claim to him said gift of 1000 acres.
p. 935:
"Rev. James Sherman was dismissed at Sudbury, May 22, 1705, and he died
Mar. 3, 1718. Mar. 11, 1708-09, Simeon Stoddard, of Boston, for L85,
sold to John Holden and John Traine, Jr., land in Nonesuch [in Weston],
formerly of James Sherman, of Salem, physician, otherwise, James
Sherman, of Watertown, clerk, taken from him on execution. Same date
(Mar. 11, 1708-09), James Sherman, of Salem, physician, and wife Mary,
for L139, sold to John Holden and John Traine, Jr., both of Wat., a
sawmill and 333 acres of land, in platt surveyed by David Fiske, May 5,
1694, by order of Court, passed Mar. 27, 1685, except 35 A. at South
End, in possession of Benjamin Walker, and 77A. in possession of Simeon
Stoddard [above stated.]
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The will of John Gibbs of New Haven, dated Nov. 27, 1685 proved --, inventory Jan. 1, 1690, names 'Cousin Daniel Shearman; his eldest daughter, Abigaile Serman. Wife, Hanah, only daughter Margaret Gibbs. (N.H. probate records Vol. 2) "Cousin" at this period usually meant nephew. If Daniel Sherman was a nephew of John Gibbs it suggests a clue to the surname of the first wife of the Rev. John Sherman. [FDS #3005 via RVS-74)
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JOHN SHERMAN of Milford, Conn., and Watertown, Mass., was one of the most highly honored of the early ministers of New England.(*) A sketch of his life can only state its principal events.
Rev. John Sherman was the son of Edmund Sherman of Dedham, Essex County, England, where he was born December 26, 1613, and baptized the 4th of the following month. At an early age, he was sent to Emanuel College, Cambridge, took the degree. A. B. in 1629-30, and his second degree in 1633. He came to New England in 1634, sailing from Ipswich in the ship "Elizabeth" and arriving in the month of June. He was assistant to Rev. George Phillips of Watertown for about a year, removing to Wethersfield, Conn., with the company who settled that town in 1635. At the latter place he had a house lot. He remained there until 1640, when he moved to Milford, Conn., being admitted to the church there on the 20th of November. In 1641, he was chosen magistrate, and Deputy in 1643. Although he was urged to remain in Milford, he preferred to accept a pastorate at Watertown and returned thither in 1647.
The remainder of Mr. Sherman's life was spent in the service of the church at Watertown, where he was honored and respected. It is said of him, he was "one of the most learned men of his day and an able and eloquent preacher." He died August 8, 1685. His will, made two days before his death, names thirteen children.
(*) The following are some of the authorities on the Sherman Family:
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, IV: 79-82; Mather's Magnalia, I:
511-518; Sprague's Annals, I: 44-46; Bond's History of Watertown;
Cothren's History of Woodbury, I: 679ff.
It is not probable, says Savage, that John Sherman was married when he came to New England. The Christian name of his first wife was MARY, whom he is thought to have married in Watertown or Wethersfield about 1638. She died at Milford, September 8, 1644. She was the mother of the four older children. He married, 2nd, in New Haven about 1645, Mary Launce, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Darcy, Earl of Rivers, who died March 9, 1710.
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SETTLEMENT OF REV. JAMES SHERMAN.
The town was not left long without a pastor. It soon
called the Rev. James Sherman, who had preached during
the illness of Mr. Browne. May 6, 1678, "it was ordered
that the committee engage the service of Mr. James Sherman
that hath officiated in the town in that kind to continue in
that work till the first of September next, or longer as they
shall see cause, or till further order from the town." May
20, on a " training day," it was decided that Mr. Peter King
was to entertain Mr. Sherman, and to have six shillings per
week "for his diet, lodging, attendance, and horse."
Active measures were immediately taken to provide the
minister with a house. The town bought of John Loker the
east end of his house, standing before and near the meetinghouse,
and his orchard, and the whole home lot of about four
acres ; it also bought of him the reversion due to him of the
western end of the house that his mother then dwelt in.
This part of the house was to be the town's property at the
marriage or death of the said Widow Mary Loker. For this
property the town was to pay John Loker fifty pounds. (See
p. 116.) The Widow Loker appeared at town-meeting, and
surrendered all her reversion in the western end of the house
to the town, reserving the liberty to have twelve months in
which " to provide herself otherwise." She also promised in
the meantime " to quit all egress and regress through the
eastern end of the house and every part thereof." In consequence
of this the town agreed to pay her annually — that
is, till she should marry or die — twenty -five shillings, money
of New England. The town also voted to raise twenty-five
pounds with which to repair the house. The records inform
us, that " the said town doth freely give and grant unto Mr.
James Sherman, minister of the word of God, all that house
and lands which the said town bought lately of John Loker,
and twenty pounds to be paid him in [country] pay towards
the repair of the said house, and also twenty pounds more to
be paid him in money, for and towards the purchase of the
widow Mary Loker's lot that lies adjoining to it, when she
shall have sold it to the said Mr. James Sherman, and also
six acres of common upland lying on the back side of the
town at the end of Smith field, and also six acres of meadow
ground some where out of the common meadows of this
town. These foregoing particular gifts and grants the said
town doth engage and promise to the said Mr. James Sherman
minister and his heirs ... in case he shall settle in this
town and live and die amongst them their Teaching Elder.
But in case the said Mr. Sherman shall not carry out the
constant work of preaching in and to this town, during his
life, or shall depart and leave this town before his death,
then all the premises shall return to the said town's hands
again to be at their own dispose forever, only they are then
to pay to the said Mr. Sherman all the charges he hath been
out for the same in the meantime, as [they] shall be judged
worth by indifferent men mutually chosen, unless both parties
shall agree therein among themselves."
The town also agreed to pay Mr. Sherman eighty pounds
salary ; twenty pounds of this were to be paid him in "money,
twenty pounds in wheat, pork, beef, mutton, veal, butter, or
cheese, or such like species at country price, and the remaining
forty shall be paid him in Indian Corn and Rye, or Barley
or Peas, all at country prices." He was to have five
pounds added per annum to his salary for the cutting and
carting home of firewood. He was also to have the use of
the minister's meadow lands, and could pasture his cattle on
the common land, and have firewood and timber from the
common land of the town.
The 30th of October, 1678, " the said Mr. James Sherman
did then and there freely and fully declare before the town
his acceptance of all that which the said town had "granted
and done in all respects as is before written, in consideration
thereof for his part he did promise the said town, that he
would live and die in the constant and public discharge of
this duty, by preaching the word of the Lord unto them, and
in the faithful administration of all the ordinances of Christ
amongst them ; which the Inhabitants of the said town accepted
of ; and said Mr. Sherman also declaired there that if
the mint house should be put down so that money cannot be
had he should neither expect nor desire any part of his salary
in money."
Thus the town secured the services of Mr. Sherman, and
provided him with a place of residence ; and within a year
after the death of Mr. Browne, the church was again equipped
for work. Mr. Sherman was son of Rev. John Sherman
of Watertown. He married. Mary, daughter of Thomas
Walker of Sudbury, and had two sons, John and Thomas.
He was ordained in 1678, and was dismissed May 22, 1705.
After leaving the pastoral office he remained in town for a
time, occasionally preaching abroad. Afterwards, he practiced
medicine in Elizabethtown, N. J., and Salem, Mass.
He died at Sudbury, March 8, 1718.
NEW MEETING-HOUSE.
During the pastorate of Mr. Sherman, the town took measures
for the erection of a new house of worship. Oct. 6,
1686, " it was determined, ordered, and voted, that a new
meeting house be built within this town with all convenient
speed, after such manner as shall be resolved upon by the
town." " It was ordered that the said new meeting house
shall be erected finished and stand upon the present Burying
place of this, town and on the most convenient part thereof
or behind or about the old meeting house that now is."
The business of building the meeting-house was entrusted
to Deacon John Haines, between whom and the town a covenant
was made at a town-meeting, Jan. 10, 1685. It was
to be raised on or before the first day of July, 1688 ; and for
the work Mr. Haines was to have two hundred pounds, —
one hundred and sixty pounds of it to be paid in " country
pay and at country price," and the other forty pounds to be
paid in money. The country pay was to be in " good sound
merchantable Indian corn, or Rye, or wheat, or barley, or
malt, or Peas, or Beef, or Pork, or work, or in such other
pay as the said Deacon Haines shall accept of any person." 186
Descendant of Edward I, King of England.
153 pg 1224
183 pg 792
184 pg 432 James a clergyman and physician, 2nd minister of Sudbury., where he began to preach, 1677, and was deposed from his pastoral office in July 1705. James Sherman and his wife Mary, of Sudbury, now (May 1706) reside at Elizabethtown, New Jersey
185 pg 52
Bond's "Genealogies and Histories of Watertown...."184
Here's what he says:
pg. 432: James appears to be the 5th child of Rev. John Sherman, (3d
minister of Watertown)
5. James, a clergyman and physician, the 2d minister of Sudbury, where he
began to preach, 1677, and was deposed from his pastoral office in July,
1705. James Sherman, and wife Mary, of Sudbury, now (May, 1706) residing
at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, convey, by deed of gift, to sons John and
Thomas, of Wat., 1000 acres, nonesuch meadow, had of Ebenezer Prout,
bounded W. by Natick; E. by Wat. Farms; S. by Dedham; N. by Sud. Dr.
John Sherman, of Sprinfield, m. Abigail Stone, b. Feb. 13, 1680, dr. of
Dea. Daniel and Mary (Ward), Stone, of Sudbury [Ward Fam., p. 17] Sept.
24, 1708, John and Thomas Sherman, Practitioners of Physic, formerly of
Sud. and Wat., now of Springfield, sons of Rev. James Sherman, clerk and
physician, now of Salem, quit claim to him said gift of 1000 acres.
p. 935:
"Rev. James Sherman was dismissed at Sudbury, May 22, 1705, and he died
Mar. 3, 1718. Mar. 11, 1708-09, Simeon Stoddard, of Boston, for L85,
sold to John Holden and John Traine, Jr., land in Nonesuch [in Weston],
formerly of James Sherman, of Salem, physician, otherwise, James
Sherman, of Watertown, clerk, taken from him on execution. Same date
(Mar. 11, 1708-09), James Sherman, of Salem, physician, and wife Mary,
for L139, sold to John Holden and John Traine, Jr., both of Wat., a
sawmill and 333 acres of land, in platt surveyed by David Fiske, May 5,
1694, by order of Court, passed Mar. 27, 1685, except 35 A. at South
End, in possession of Benjamin Walker, and 77A. in possession of Simeon
Stoddard [above stated.]
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The will of John Gibbs of New Haven, dated Nov. 27, 1685 proved --, inventory Jan. 1, 1690, names 'Cousin Daniel Shearman; his eldest daughter, Abigaile Serman. Wife, Hanah, only daughter Margaret Gibbs. (N.H. probate records Vol. 2) "Cousin" at this period usually meant nephew. If Daniel Sherman was a nephew of John Gibbs it suggests a clue to the surname of the first wife of the Rev. John Sherman. [FDS #3005 via RVS-74)
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JOHN SHERMAN of Milford, Conn., and Watertown, Mass., was one of the most highly honored of the early ministers of New England.(*) A sketch of his life can only state its principal events.
Rev. John Sherman was the son of Edmund Sherman of Dedham, Essex County, England, where he was born December 26, 1613, and baptized the 4th of the following month. At an early age, he was sent to Emanuel College, Cambridge, took the degree. A. B. in 1629-30, and his second degree in 1633. He came to New England in 1634, sailing from Ipswich in the ship "Elizabeth" and arriving in the month of June. He was assistant to Rev. George Phillips of Watertown for about a year, removing to Wethersfield, Conn., with the company who settled that town in 1635. At the latter place he had a house lot. He remained there until 1640, when he moved to Milford, Conn., being admitted to the church there on the 20th of November. In 1641, he was chosen magistrate, and Deputy in 1643. Although he was urged to remain in Milford, he preferred to accept a pastorate at Watertown and returned thither in 1647.
The remainder of Mr. Sherman's life was spent in the service of the church at Watertown, where he was honored and respected. It is said of him, he was "one of the most learned men of his day and an able and eloquent preacher." He died August 8, 1685. His will, made two days before his death, names thirteen children.
(*) The following are some of the authorities on the Sherman Family:
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, IV: 79-82; Mather's Magnalia, I:
511-518; Sprague's Annals, I: 44-46; Bond's History of Watertown;
Cothren's History of Woodbury, I: 679ff.
It is not probable, says Savage, that John Sherman was married when he came to New England. The Christian name of his first wife was MARY, whom he is thought to have married in Watertown or Wethersfield about 1638. She died at Milford, September 8, 1644. She was the mother of the four older children. He married, 2nd, in New Haven about 1645, Mary Launce, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Darcy, Earl of Rivers, who died March 9, 1710.
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SETTLEMENT OF REV. JAMES SHERMAN.
The town was not left long without a pastor. It soon
called the Rev. James Sherman, who had preached during
the illness of Mr. Browne. May 6, 1678, "it was ordered
that the committee engage the service of Mr. James Sherman
that hath officiated in the town in that kind to continue in
that work till the first of September next, or longer as they
shall see cause, or till further order from the town." May
20, on a " training day," it was decided that Mr. Peter King
was to entertain Mr. Sherman, and to have six shillings per
week "for his diet, lodging, attendance, and horse."
Active measures were immediately taken to provide the
minister with a house. The town bought of John Loker the
east end of his house, standing before and near the meetinghouse,
and his orchard, and the whole home lot of about four
acres ; it also bought of him the reversion due to him of the
western end of the house that his mother then dwelt in.
This part of the house was to be the town's property at the
marriage or death of the said Widow Mary Loker. For this
property the town was to pay John Loker fifty pounds. (See
p. 116.) The Widow Loker appeared at town-meeting, and
surrendered all her reversion in the western end of the house
to the town, reserving the liberty to have twelve months in
which " to provide herself otherwise." She also promised in
the meantime " to quit all egress and regress through the
eastern end of the house and every part thereof." In consequence
of this the town agreed to pay her annually — that
is, till she should marry or die — twenty -five shillings, money
of New England. The town also voted to raise twenty-five
pounds with which to repair the house. The records inform
us, that " the said town doth freely give and grant unto Mr.
James Sherman, minister of the word of God, all that house
and lands which the said town bought lately of John Loker,
and twenty pounds to be paid him in [country] pay towards
the repair of the said house, and also twenty pounds more to
be paid him in money, for and towards the purchase of the
widow Mary Loker's lot that lies adjoining to it, when she
shall have sold it to the said Mr. James Sherman, and also
six acres of common upland lying on the back side of the
town at the end of Smith field, and also six acres of meadow
ground some where out of the common meadows of this
town. These foregoing particular gifts and grants the said
town doth engage and promise to the said Mr. James Sherman
minister and his heirs ... in case he shall settle in this
town and live and die amongst them their Teaching Elder.
But in case the said Mr. Sherman shall not carry out the
constant work of preaching in and to this town, during his
life, or shall depart and leave this town before his death,
then all the premises shall return to the said town's hands
again to be at their own dispose forever, only they are then
to pay to the said Mr. Sherman all the charges he hath been
out for the same in the meantime, as [they] shall be judged
worth by indifferent men mutually chosen, unless both parties
shall agree therein among themselves."
The town also agreed to pay Mr. Sherman eighty pounds
salary ; twenty pounds of this were to be paid him in "money,
twenty pounds in wheat, pork, beef, mutton, veal, butter, or
cheese, or such like species at country price, and the remaining
forty shall be paid him in Indian Corn and Rye, or Barley
or Peas, all at country prices." He was to have five
pounds added per annum to his salary for the cutting and
carting home of firewood. He was also to have the use of
the minister's meadow lands, and could pasture his cattle on
the common land, and have firewood and timber from the
common land of the town.
The 30th of October, 1678, " the said Mr. James Sherman
did then and there freely and fully declare before the town
his acceptance of all that which the said town had "granted
and done in all respects as is before written, in consideration
thereof for his part he did promise the said town, that he
would live and die in the constant and public discharge of
this duty, by preaching the word of the Lord unto them, and
in the faithful administration of all the ordinances of Christ
amongst them ; which the Inhabitants of the said town accepted
of ; and said Mr. Sherman also declaired there that if
the mint house should be put down so that money cannot be
had he should neither expect nor desire any part of his salary
in money."
Thus the town secured the services of Mr. Sherman, and
provided him with a place of residence ; and within a year
after the death of Mr. Browne, the church was again equipped
for work. Mr. Sherman was son of Rev. John Sherman
of Watertown. He married. Mary, daughter of Thomas
Walker of Sudbury, and had two sons, John and Thomas.
He was ordained in 1678, and was dismissed May 22, 1705.
After leaving the pastoral office he remained in town for a
time, occasionally preaching abroad. Afterwards, he practiced
medicine in Elizabethtown, N. J., and Salem, Mass.
He died at Sudbury, March 8, 1718.
NEW MEETING-HOUSE.
During the pastorate of Mr. Sherman, the town took measures
for the erection of a new house of worship. Oct. 6,
1686, " it was determined, ordered, and voted, that a new
meeting house be built within this town with all convenient
speed, after such manner as shall be resolved upon by the
town." " It was ordered that the said new meeting house
shall be erected finished and stand upon the present Burying
place of this, town and on the most convenient part thereof
or behind or about the old meeting house that now is."
The business of building the meeting-house was entrusted
to Deacon John Haines, between whom and the town a covenant
was made at a town-meeting, Jan. 10, 1685. It was
to be raised on or before the first day of July, 1688 ; and for
the work Mr. Haines was to have two hundred pounds, —
one hundred and sixty pounds of it to be paid in " country
pay and at country price," and the other forty pounds to be
paid in money. The country pay was to be in " good sound
merchantable Indian corn, or Rye, or wheat, or barley, or
malt, or Peas, or Beef, or Pork, or work, or in such other
pay as the said Deacon Haines shall accept of any person." 186
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